User manual LEICA M7

[. . . ] The CE-Labelling on our products certifies that these products meet the basic requirements of current EU guidelines. Electrostatic charges of tens of thousands of volts can be picked up easily, for instance by walking across a synthetic carpet. These electrostatic charges can be discharged when touching your LEICA M7/MP, especially if the camera is on a conductive surface. If this discharge only affects the camera body, it is completely harmless to the camera's electronics. [. . . ] Brightness values, which would require exposures shorter than 1/1000 s or longer than 32 s. In such cases, the minimum or maximum shutter speed mentioned is used and the value flashes as a warning. Metering memory-lock It is often the case that, for composition reasons, important parts of the subject should be offcenter and these important parts of the subject are sometimes brighter or darker than average. However, as described in the sections "Exposure metering" on page 96 and "General information on exposure metering" on page 106, the selective metering of the LEICA M7 deals exclusively with the center of the image and is calibrated to an average grey. The aperture priority mode provides an easy way of dealing with this kind of subject and situation with metering memory-lock. Focus the metering field on the important part of the subject, in the first case, and on another detail of average brightness in the second case, by moving the camera (see also the illustrations for aligning the metering field in the viewfinder on pages 104/105), 02. And then press the shutter release button (8) to its second pressure point to measure and lock the value. As long as the pressure is maintained, a red point appears in the viewfinder at the top of the numerical line as confirmation and the speed value does not change, even if the brightness conditions do so. Continuing to hold down the shutter release button, move the camera to the final picture detail, 04. And then you can release the shutter with the original exposure calculated. Changing the aperture setting after the measured value is locked does not result in adjustment of the shutter speed, i. Memory-lock ends when the finger is removed from the pressure point of the shutter release button. Note: When using the camera with a motorised drive, e. LEICA MOTOR M, metering memorylock can only be used for individual exposures, not for a series of exposures. In addition to the direction of rotation of both shutter speed dial and lens aperture ring required for correct exposure, the three LEDs of the light balance also indicate over-, under- and correct exposure as follows: Underexposure by at least one f-stop; turn clockwise. underexposure by half an f-stop; turn clockwise. Correct exposure Overexposure by half an f-stop; turn anticlockwise. Overexposure by at least one f- stop; turn anticlockwise. Note: For shutter speeds slower than 2 s, the remaining exposure time is counted down in the display after the shutter is released. Setting the exposure manually To set the exposure completely manually, the shutter speed dial (11) must be set to one of the engraved shutter speeds. Turn the shutter speed dial and /or the aperture ring on the lens in the direction indicated by the flashing LED until only the round LED comes on. The "B" setting The "B" setting, at which the shutter remains open for as long as the shutter release button is depressed, allows exposures of any length. [. . . ] On rear Dial with DX positions for automatic reading of film speeds or manual setting of film speed and exposure compensation. Shutter and release mechanism Shutter Rubberised-cloth horizontal-run, focal plane shutter; extremely low-noise operation. With manual setting 4s to 1/1000s in whole steps, "B" for long exposures of any duration, (1/50s) for flash synchronisation. Film transport Loading Manual loading after opening the base plate and folding out the rear of the camera. [. . . ]